Gracey Ranch Rescue Update

Saturday 15 August Update on the Gracey Ranch Rescue. This day was the day scheduled for a Veterinarian visit by Paws-n-Hooves Mobile Veterinarian Services, led by Dr Kassie Valerio and Vet Techs Brii Pineda and Joh Joh, Brii's husband Alexx came to help sort equines from the holding pen we constructed, so we could move the equines one by one (sometimes we would get two on accident) into the stock so the Vet could do exams. We started just before 7a finishing the gathering pen and stock, and pushed 51 equines into the pen. A panel failure where one of the larger horses jumped the panels knocking it down and letting all equines loose across the 2.5 acre turnout, had us restarting the gather. We had the 51 gathered back up just as the Vet and her crew were ready to start. It would have been hard enough gathering stud minis and stud colts, mommas and their foals on horseback, but we did all this on the ground as none of the rescues have been tested for EIA yet and none of us was willing to expose out horses to that chance.

We had to rope maybe a third of the horses to get them into the stock for an exam and worming. Most of these horses had not been handled much at all before and one spin of a lariat and they were all running around. I wanted to stress them as minimal as I could because of their condition and there were small foals in the bunch.

The rest of the others we were able to push and separate off from the rest into the stock. We were lucky to have two very capable young ladies, Chloe and Gabi, who proved to be the most valuable human work horses of the entire crew. One the ones I could rope, these young ladies were able to get halters on them, and with a butt rope, able to get hem into the stock. They caught several foals pushed to them and carried them into the stock. Rene and Desirae painted hip numbers and kept records from the Vet's exam. The Vet Exam included: taping them for a weight estimate to calculate initial wormer using Fenbendazole, estimating age by their teeth and Galvan's groove; noting the ones for anti-biotics; treating open wounds and such.

We moved on to the other 19 equines and had been previously been placed in pens as they could be built, and around 4.30p everything was done for the day. Thanks to the Paws-n-Hooves Vet team and everyone previously mentioned and all who showed up to help Mike Gracey and Micah Mayfield yesterday. All the rescue equines are doing good. Free choice grass hay, fresh water, salt blocks and above all good handling is paying off after the abuse and starvation they went through before being confiscated. The rescue if still raising funds to build more pens and to fund EIA (Coggins) testing.

Gracey Ranch Rescue Cash App Donation Site

Gracey Ranch Rescue Better World Org Donation Site

Horse Abuse and Rescue

Not really what I wanted to write ending this year and going into the promise of the next, but the inhumanity that humans do to horses is not confined by the calendar. The good people at Perfect Harmony Horse Rescue & Sanctuary in Chaparral, New Mexico took in three (3) severely neglected horses on 29 December, confiscated by the New Mexico Livestock Board. Their New Years and the weeks and months following will be spent checking on these horses and providing small amounts at feed at 2-3 hour intervals round the clock. 

 This Rescue, chaired by Marianne Bailey and staffed with her husband Dan and daughter Jessica as well as several volunteers, see the worst in humans and the poorest horses. They never say no, even though it is usually a costly endeavor in funds, labor and the emotional toll, to provide neglected horses with sometimes just days of relief.

To the readers - I'm sorry to ruin your day by displaying pictures of these three horses below, but this is what Marianne and crew deal with on a routine basis. Perfect Harmony is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit and can surely use financial help. No donation is too small as they face a mounting feed, Veterinarian and Farrier bill to care for these horses. 

 If anyone can donate, these are the modes they can accept: 

PayPal at their e-mail, perfectharmony1@aol.com

Venmo at Marianne-Bailey-8

Cash App at $Perfect HarmonyRescue

Checks sent to Perfect Harmony Rescue, 636 Palmas, Chaparral, New Mexico 88081

For The Love Of A Horse Benefit

I am posting this in support of For The Love Of A Horse, a horse rescue organization.

Save the Date!

The 2nd Annual "Fore" the Love of a Horse Golf Classic is just around the corner! Registration is now open, Monday, March 4, 2013.

Please join us for a great day of golf, fun and prizes. You don't need to play golf to make a difference in the lives of horses or your community.

Register online at www.fortheloveofahorse.org If you can't join us, please consider one of our sponsorship opportunities, donation to our silent auction, prizes or simply a cash donation. No donation is too big or too small! Thank you for helping us, help them!

Warmest regards, Miaka D. Palmieri, President, "For The Love Of A Horse"  Miaka@fortheloveofahorse.org
Telephone: 404.680.0392

For The Love of a Horse Update

For The Love of a Horse (FTLOAH) is a Roswell, Georiga based tax exempt, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization comprised of volunteers dedicated to the resuce and rehabilitation of equines, specifically those with critical care needs that would otherwise be euthanized.

A visit by FTLOAH to the Somerby Assisted Living Center on October 4, 2012, covered by CNN covered this event where For The Love Of A Horse brought a mini and a donkey out to meet the residents.   Judging by the smiles on the faces of the residents this visit brought a lot of joy to these people.

The latest rescue case for FTLOAH is Chief, an Appaloosa gelding approximatley 13 years old. As with most rescue horses, their history is often a mystery other than the obvious fact they were not cared for. Chief is three legged lame due to an injury to his right front pastern, which is probably why he was abandoned. Veternarian Dr. Randy Eggleston at the University of Georgia, believes Chief can be helped and FTLOAH is raising money to pay for surgery scheduled at the University of Georgia this coming week.





This organization can use a hand to continue doing good things for equines and humans alike. There is a pay pal link on their website if you could donate. For further information contact: Miaka D. Palmieri, President, "For The Love Of A Horse" www.fortheloveofahorse.org Telephone: 404.680.0392

For The Love Of A Horse - Horse Rescue

I have never heard of this organization, For The Love Of A Horse (FTLOAH), until a recent newspaper article caught my eye. This organization is based in Roswell, Georgia and is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization of volunteers dedicated to the resuce and rehabilitation of horses specifically having critcial care needs who would otherwise be euthanized.

As if caring for abused, neglected and sick horses is not enough, this organization has a "horses healing humans" outreach program visting the elderly and children.  We all know that the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a person, and FTLOAH is putting it into practice. 

One of the rescue stories is a miniature paint pony named Bishop where the previous owners, trying to cut costs, tied Bishop to a tree while they gelded him without anesthesia. Bishop ripped away from the tree in pain severing his ear and part of his lip in the process. If I found found someone doing that, I think I would whip them raw with my lariat then drag them a few miles through cactus,.....people who mistreat animals are a disgrace to the human race.

Anyway, for anyone looking for charitable cause, FTLOAH accepts donations,...in fact needs donations,..in order to help these horses. Donations link is accessible through their website, http://www.fortheloveofahorse.org/and you also "like" them on Facebook.